Huh, they'll be on Mackinac Island at the same time I'll be there.

/got nothing
//loves me some Mackinac island
///wonders if they'll go to the Grand Hotel
////almost all their staff are foreigners

A cruise ship on the Great Lakes?

See the romantic ruins of Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, and Detroit!

BunkoSquad: sigdiamond2000: NuttierThanEver: vernonFL: The legend lives on from the Teabaggers on down
of the douchebag they called "Grover Norquist"

a man it said with nare a thought in his head, when elections of November come looming

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.

Fellas, you're too fat to feed ya

They cruised through the night, with their stomachs too light
For 'twas nothing but Cheetos on their plates
The church bell chimed, it rang 29 times
For each point shaved off marginal tax rates

I'm shedding a tear of joy for FARK right now.

gimmegimme: I_Am_Weasel: BillCo: I'm surprised the Obama administration hasn't filed an injunction to force them to hire some illegals.

Why would they need to be forced?

Why kind of grown man still goes by the name Grover?

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He's a Muppet, not a man

/but a very manly muppet

Mr_H: Huh, they'll be on Mackinac Island at the same time I'll be there.

/got nothing
//loves me some Mackinac island
///wonders if they'll go to the Grand Hotel
////almost all their staff are foreigners

Thank god I'll miss them on one of my trips there this year. Although getting the chance to hurl horse poo at Grover would be epic.

BunkoSquad: sigdiamond2000: NuttierThanEver: vernonFL: The legend lives on from the Teabaggers on down
of the douchebag they called "Grover Norquist"

a man it said with nare a thought in his head, when elections of November come looming

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.

Fellas, you're too fat to feed ya

They cruised through the night, with their stomachs too light
For 'twas nothing but Cheetos on their plates
The church bell chimed, it rang 29 times
For each point shaved off marginal tax rates



That was beautiful.

/golfclap

Mr_H: Huh, they'll be on Mackinac Island at the same time I'll be there.

/got nothing
//loves me some Mackinac island
///wonders if they'll go to the Grand Hotel
////almost all their staff are foreigners

Good thing I chose other vacation destinations this year.

/went there in '09 and '10

BillCo: I'm surprised the Obama administration hasn't filed an injunction to force them to hire some illegals.

Knowing Obama, he probably will go to court to make them hire illegals

+1 for all the Liberal ButtHurt this post is causing. The Dem Underground must be down

UCFRoadWarrior: +1 for all the Liberal ButtHurt this post is causing. The Dem Underground must be down

Amusing, coming from you. (linky pops)

Well, I do give 'em props for being flagged American, and for hiring American workers. The only reason just about every cruise ship is flagged and registered in Liberia or some such place is so they don't have to follow US labor laws and can pay the workers crap wages. Then again, I suppose being a Great Lakes cruise line entirely with US boundaries, their hands were sort of tied.

Pants full of macaroni!!: Mr_H: Huh, they'll be on Mackinac Island at the same time I'll be there.

/got nothing
//loves me some Mackinac island
///wonders if they'll go to the Grand Hotel
////almost all their staff are foreigners

Good thing I chose other vacation destinations this year.

/went there in '09 and '10

We go there almost every year (live four hours away). Nice lil break.

/northern michigan is very nice
//mid michigan isn't

BillCo: I'm surprised the Obama administration hasn't filed an injunction to force them to hire some illegals.

You know, I never got this kind of statement - I'm surprised somebody I don't like didn't do something outrageous that I wouldn't like (even though they'd never do it). It's like your condemning someone for not doing something stupid.

I smell a sitcom...
Think "Gilligan's Island" reboot.

They need an italian captain.

Allowed on-board:

...but only to serve drinks.

I_Am_Weasel: BillCo: I'm surprised the Obama administration hasn't filed an injunction to force them to hire some illegals.

Why would they need to be forced?

Why kind of grown man still goes by the name Grover?


Grover Cleveland Alexander

Philadelphia Phillies (1911-17, 1930), Chicago Cubs (1918-25), St. Louis Cardinals (1926-29)

Alexander set a rookie record with 28 wins (throwing 367 innings), and had 345 more after that. He's No. 3 all-time in wins 373 (tied with Mathewson), with a live fastball and a sharp curve and great control. For the Phillies from 1911-17, he won 190 games, a third of the team's total. He holds the record for shutouts in a season with 16 in 1916.

BunkoSquad: sigdiamond2000: NuttierThanEver: vernonFL: The legend lives on from the Teabaggers on down
of the douchebag they called "Grover Norquist"

a man it said with nare a thought in his head, when elections of November come looming

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.

Fellas, you're too fat to feed ya

They cruised through the night, with their stomachs too light
For 'twas nothing but Cheetos on their plates
The church bell chimed, it rang 29 times
For each point shaved off marginal tax rates

Leonard Bernstein!

sigdiamond2000: quatchi: Fun fact about Gilder and Tyrrell:

Tyrell is also responsible for one of the greatest articles in the history of the right-wing blogodome:

Bill Clinton is to blame for steroid use in baseball.

WTF? Clinton's going from "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" to "blowjobs don't count" is somehow connected to Palmeiro going from "I never used steroids" to "I never knowingly used steroids"?

Meh I see where he was trying to go with that but it's still a crap analogy.

I was actually more offended by the douchebag's use of 'detumescence' to describe the tech bubble bursting. It's a crappy 50 dollar 'Look Ma I bought a thesaurus' type of George Will wannabe word totally out of place in the piece.

There was the tech bubble whose detumescence was predicted by some of the very same engineering geniuses who had created the technological marvels that it was based on,...

Meriam defines the word as...

de·tu·mes·cence
Noun: The process of subsiding from a state of tension, swelling, or (esp.) sexual arousal.

More a fit word for some Scooter Libby bear pron, really.

Oh, lordy. That level of concentrated derp might be too much for the world to take...


/my kingdom for a Mk-48 spread over a nice deep spot in the river... anyone got a minisub handy?

unyon: sno man: And bring your passport patriot, the whole second day is in Canada!

See, that there is probably a show stopper. The people that would go on a cruise to talk policy with Grover Norquist aren't particularly likely to be among the 20% or so of Americans with a passport.

I also love this, FTFA: Experience..the... delights of Sheboygan and Saugatuck, with their thriving arts scene!

Yes, enjoy the rich artistic and cultural experience of Sheboygan's John Michael Kohler Arts Center considered "a catalyst and explorer of new art and ideas that impact artists and public." Of course, the policy discussions we'll be having aboard our cruise include defunding the NEA, which funds this center. So let's get out there and enjoy these fine cultural and artistic spaces completely oblivious to the irony while they still exist!

In Michigan you can get an enhaced license. Cost me barely more than my normal one and took 10 extra minutes.

I was longing for the halycon high school days where'd we go to Canada on a whim when we were bored...

a power-packed lineup of authors and journalists will discuss the fate of the nation as it nears the most decisive election of a generation

I thought that 2004 was the most decisive. And before that, 2000. And before that...

blackminded: UCFRoadWarrior: +1 for all the Liberal ButtHurt this post is causing. The Dem Underground must be down

Amusing, coming from you. (linky pops)

Oh my God...BWHAHAA

unyon: sno man: And bring your passport patriot, the whole second day is in Canada!

See, that there is probably a show stopper. The people that would go on a cruise to talk policy with Grover Norquist aren't particularly likely to be among the 20% or so of Americans with a passport.

I also love this, FTFA: Experience..the... delights of Sheboygan and Saugatuck, with their thriving arts scene!

Yes, enjoy the rich artistic and cultural experience of Sheboygan's John Michael Kohler Arts Center considered "a catalyst and explorer of new art and ideas that impact artists and public." Of course, the policy discussions we'll be having aboard our cruise include defunding the NEA, which funds this center. So let's get out there and enjoy these fine cultural and artistic spaces completely oblivious to the irony while they still exist!

That plus Saugatuck is well known as one of Michigan's biggest gay-friendly areas. I love the fact that a bunch of conservatives who purport to dislike the gays will be stopping THERE of all places.

I believe cruise ships with non american crews can not work US inland water ways.

quatchi: I was actually more offended by the douchebag's use of 'detumescence' to describe the tech bubble bursting. It's a crappy 50 dollar 'Look Ma I bought a thesaurus' type of George Will wannabe word totally out of place in the piece.

Especially given that no editor worth their salt would've allowed 'detumescence' as tied to the concept of a 'bubble' - 'deflation' would've been the more appropriate usage given the visual imagery - but I'm sure no one's allowed to actually edit that pretentious windbag.

I'm sorry but I need to ask an off topic question, since you farkers are some of the smartest people on the Internet. Is it true that the Paul Ryan plan is going to be the last will and testament of the Reps?

Isn't half of the Detroit River in Canada? Are you supposed to stay on one half of the boat to avoid becoming a foreigner? What if the boat departs from the center of the river? If you're freaked about meeting a foreigner, what induced you to come to the Detroit/Windsor area?

Idiots.

You guys have been on this site often enough to know BillCo doesn't respond to your replies.

Foundling: Isn't half of the Detroit River in Canada? Are you supposed to stay on one half of the boat to avoid becoming a foreigner? What if the boat departs from the center of the river? If you're freaked about meeting a foreigner, what induced you to come to the Detroit/Windsor area?

Idiots.

The opportunity to drive past countless abandoned factories and jobless people and have a good laugh.

Weaver95: if we're lucky then maybe the ship will sink.explode. Most of those a-holes are experienced survivors of sinking ships.

buckler: Well, I do give 'em props for being flagged American, and for hiring American workers. The only reason just about every cruise ship is flagged and registered in Liberia or some such place is so they don't have to follow US labor laws and can pay the workers crap wages. Then again, I suppose being a Great Lakes cruise line entirely with US boundaries, their hands were sort of tied.

They could have gone Canadian, but that would have actually cost more.

I'd be up for drowning Grover Norquist in the Detroit River.

Or his bath. Or mine. Wherever.

The trip goes to Goderich, Bayfield and Stratford, Ontario!?

That right there is enough to tell you that the average age of attendees is in the mid 70s. With the exception of he Shakespeare festival in Stratford there is absolutely nothing to do in any of those places aside from wandering around clucking about how "quaint" and "charming" everything looks.

I_Am_Weasel: BillCo: I'm surprised the Obama administration hasn't filed an injunction to force them to hire some illegals.

Why would they need to be forced?

Why kind of grown man still goes by the name Grover?



Though he changed his name when he grew up.

/To Grover.

this is an issue because Americans buying services from Americans is bad?

would you be happy if they outsourced the labor?

I'll hoist a tall glass to their voyage!

andrewagill: I_Am_Weasel: BillCo: I'm surprised the Obama administration hasn't filed an injunction to force them to hire some illegals.

Why would they need to be forced?

Why kind of grown man still goes by the name Grover?

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Though he changed his name when he grew up.
/To Grover.

Too obvious. But you still get points for answering the question correctly and adding a fun fact. +2.